Calophasia
Encyclopedia
Calophasia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Calophasia almoravida Graslin, 1863
- Calophasia angularisCalophasia angularisCalophasia angularis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the western parts of the Sahara and Morocco throughout all North Africa, Riyadh, Israel, Jordan and Turkmenistan....
(Chrétien, 1911) - Calophasia barthaeCalophasia barthaeCalophasia barthae is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the southern part of the Balkans, Turkey and the Middle East.Adults are on wing in March. There is one generation per year.-External links:*...
Wagner, 1929 - Calophasia hamifera Staudinger, 1863
- Calophasia lunulaCalophasia lunulaCalophasia lunula is a species of noctuid moth known by the common names toadflax moth and toadflax brocade moth. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against yellow toadflax and Dalmatian toadflax Calophasia lunula is a species of noctuid moth known by the common names toadflax moth...
– Toadflax Brocade Hufnagel, 1766 - Calophasia opalina Esper, 1793
- Calophasia platypteraCalophasia platypteraThe Antirrhinum Brocade is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern Europe, the Near East, western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia.The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from early spring to November...
Esper, 1788 - Calophasia sinaicaCalophasia sinaicaCalophasia sinaica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the eremic parts of Africa extending north to the Levant ....
(Wiltshire, 1948)